Vista - Send To Context Menu

**Brink**

How to Customize the Send To Context Menu in Vista

Information

This will show you how to add or delete shortcut items from the Send To menu in the Context Menu.

Tip

To remove or show drive letters in the Send To context menu, see: How to Remove or Show Drive Letters in the Vista Send To Context Menu . Drives in the Send To menu can cause it to open slowly or hang for a bit.

NOTE

The Send To menu folder is located at:
NOTE: You must have Show hidden files and folders checked in Folder Options to see the hidden system AppData folder.

C:\Users\(user-name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

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EXAMPLE: Send To Context Menu with added Notepad

Here's How:

1. Open a Windows Explorer window.

2. Navigate to:
NOTE: You must have Show hidden files and folders checked in Folder Options to see the hidden system AppData folder.
C:\Users\(user-name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

A) Go to step 5.

OR

3. Open the Start Menu.

4. In the white line (Start Search) area, type shell:sendto and press Enter.

5. Add or Delete a location shortcut you want for any drive, folder, or application that uses the Open With option into the Send To window below.
NOTE: For example: Notepad, Paint, Photo Gallery, dvd drive, any folder, etc. For a drive, right click on the drive in Computer and click Create Shortcut for it to placed on the desktop, then move the shortcut to here.

That's it,
Shawn

**Brink** · 11-22-2007

Updated 11-22-2007 to include the restore default Send To items.

Shawn

**jedinight2002** · 04-04-2008

I have checked both my Sent To folders and they do not contain any references to my mapped network drives, however all mapped network drives are appearing in the Send To list.

This means if I accidentally hover over the Send To menu so that it expands, Vista
interrogates all the network drives which means spinning up all 8 disks in my NAS whcih takes about 30-45 seconds - VERY ANNOYING.

Any ideas how I can stop this?

Here is a really useful application I have come across that allows you to customise the Send To menu, including adding useful options such as being able to send to the Quick Launch menu.

And its FREE!

:: gabrieleponti.com ::

**Brink** · 04-04-2008

Hi Jedinight2002,

I suppose that you could remove the ones that you do not plan on using Send To with from the Send To folder.

That's a nice free program you ran across. I wish it had some more options though on what it can add.

Shawn

**jedinight2002** · 04-05-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hi Jedinight2002,
I suppose that you could remove the ones that you do not plan on using Send To with from the Send To folder.

Sorry Shawn, I don't understand what you are suggesting.

The options in the Send To Menu are not the same as the icons in the send to folder. See attached:

**Brink** · 04-05-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by jedinight2002

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hi Jedinight2002,
I suppose that you could remove the ones that you do not plan on using Send To with from the Send To folder.

Sorry Shawn, I don't understand what you are suggesting.

The options in the Send To Menu are not the same as the icons in the send to folder. See attached:

Sorry Jedinight,

This will show you how to remove the drive letters from the Send To context menu.

Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drive Letters

Shawn

dereklio · 02-23-2009

Hi, I have followed your tutorial, but the shortcut I have created in the sendto folder still doesn't appear in the context menu. here is what I did.

1. open the run dialog, and type in shell:sendto, and hit enter. (send to folder appears)
2. and as in xp, i right click on the window and bring up the context menu, click "new" and then "shortcut"
3. then I have located an exe (I have tried a folder as well), and finish creating the shortcut.

now, i go back to my desktop and pick any file, the shortcut i have just created still does not appear on the send to context menu. any idea?

is there still any windows policy which may have an effect?

**Brink** · 02-23-2009

Hello Dereklio, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Did you put the shortcut into the Send To window? You can only use a location (ex: folder) to add to the Send To menu, or a shortcut of an exe file that uses Open With (ex: Notepad).

Hope this helps,
Shawn

dereklio · 03-04-2009

thank you very much for your reply. yes, i did trying both.
i right click on the send to windows and use new --> shortcut to create the shortcut. I created the shortcut to Notepad.exe. and then I double click on the shortcut within the send to explorer windows and it does bring up Notepad.

I followed the same procedure in winxp and it works fine, the shortcut appears immediately in the context menu, but with my vista installation, it doesn't work as expected. so i wonder if there is any further setting in vista that can prevent it from happening?

**Brink** · 03-04-2009

Dereklio,

What file are you trying to add to the Send To menu?

11-22-2007
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,919 posts	Re: SendTo context menu Updated 11-22-2007 to include the restore default Send To items. Shawn
My System Specs

04-04-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,919 posts	Re: Send To Context Menu Hi Jedinight2002, I suppose that you could remove the ones that you do not plan on using Send To with from the Send To folder. That's a nice free program you ran across. I wish it had some more options though on what it can add. Shawn
My System Specs

04-05-2008
jedinight2002 Visdta Ultimate 32bit 2 posts	Re: Send To Context Menu Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Hi Jedinight2002, I suppose that you could remove the ones that you do not plan on using Send To with from the Send To folder. Sorry Shawn, I don't understand what you are suggesting. The options in the Send To Menu are not the same as the icons in the send to folder. See attached:
My System Specs

04-05-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,919 posts	Re: Send To Context Menu Quote: Originally Posted by jedinight2002 Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Hi Jedinight2002, I suppose that you could remove the ones that you do not plan on using Send To with from the Send To folder. Sorry Shawn, I don't understand what you are suggesting. The options in the Send To Menu are not the same as the icons in the send to folder. See attached: Sorry Jedinight, This will show you how to remove the drive letters from the Send To context menu. Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drive Letters Shawn
My System Specs

02-23-2009
dereklio Vista Ultimate x64 2 posts	Re: Send To Context Menu Hi, I have followed your tutorial, but the shortcut I have created in the sendto folder still doesn't appear in the context menu. here is what I did. 1. open the run dialog, and type in shell:sendto, and hit enter. (send to folder appears) 2. and as in xp, i right click on the window and bring up the context menu, click "new" and then "shortcut" 3. then I have located an exe (I have tried a folder as well), and finish creating the shortcut. now, i go back to my desktop and pick any file, the shortcut i have just created still does not appear on the send to context menu. any idea? is there still any windows policy which may have an effect?
My System Specs

02-23-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,919 posts	Re: Send To Context Menu Hello Dereklio, and welcome to Vista Forums. Did you put the shortcut into the Send To window? You can only use a location (ex: folder) to add to the Send To menu, or a shortcut of an exe file that uses Open With (ex: Notepad). Hope this helps, Shawn
My System Specs

03-04-2009
dereklio Vista Ultimate x64 2 posts	Re: Send To Context Menu thank you very much for your reply. yes, i did trying both. i right click on the send to windows and use new --> shortcut to create the shortcut. I created the shortcut to Notepad.exe. and then I double click on the shortcut within the send to explorer windows and it does bring up Notepad. I followed the same procedure in winxp and it works fine, the shortcut appears immediately in the context menu, but with my vista installation, it doesn't work as expected. so i wonder if there is any further setting in vista that can prevent it from happening?
My System Specs

03-04-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,919 posts	Re: Send To Context Menu Dereklio, What file are you trying to add to the Send To menu?
My System Specs

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